ridgeline
Americannoun
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a line formed along the highest points of a mountain ridge.
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an area of higher ground separating two adjacent streams or watersheds.
Example Sentences
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That’s when the 60 mph winds whipped through the hillside neighborhood and the fire appeared on a nearby ridgeline.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024
The newly renamed ridgeline has been significant to tribal nations such as the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation for thousands of years.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
But on that June day, he made a one-mile beeline, hiking to the top of a rocky ridgeline, where he seemed to while away the afternoon before walking directly home.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2023
In terms of composition, Norris suggested that each of us include at least one tree above the ridgeline, so the silhouette can contrast the night sky.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023
The only possible explanations were that he had gone back the other way, which was out of the question—Katz would never have left me without explanation—never—or that he had somehow fallen off the ridgeline.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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